HD 7950/70 3GB VS GTX 670/80/90 4GB

[Adsuki]

Hey everyone! Just be worn, depending on what I decided, it could easily be two to seven months before I buy another GPU and maybe a new powerful PSU as well. If my rig doesn't show up in my sig, let me know.

Anyway, I love how the GTX 670 has 4GB but the 256 memory width doesn't look good to me but HD 7950 3GB looks very nice on a 384 memory width looks nice but the 4GB looks nicer. So there's pros and cons here, but I'm also thinking of maybe a GTX 690 with 4GB running on 512 memory width. So I could easily have a HD 7950 within two months and a GTX 690 with a powerful PSU within seven or eight months.

I've been using ATI/AMD cards for years now it seems, so I don't mind sticking with them or going for nVidia even. What do you guys think and suggest even? And don't mention rebates, drivers, and anything that will make you sound stupid that will scare me off. I'm also thinking of CF/SLI as well down the road, and I've seen videos of microstutter but could never tell.

My monitor is 1080p and think maxing Crysis 3 with 30 FPS+ as the newest intense GPU game that's on the market right now and may be like that for a while just like Metro 2033 I think it was called in DirectX 11. Thanks in advance! =)

 

[lt_dan_zsu]

The 690 doesn't run with 512 bit 4gb. It is two underclocked 680's in sli. I would say your best option is a 7950/7970. The normal 7970 is a whopping 1% weaker than the 680, and the 4gb won't make a difference, I can't think of any games that use 2gb yet. The only game I know of that uses close to that is crysis 3, and it uses 1.8gb. So we know that is isn't because of memory bottlenecks.

 

[stickmansam]

The 7950 in this review is not the boost edition

 

[Adsuki]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130781

Everywhere I look, it says the GTX 690 says it runs on 512 bit, so they both must run 256 bit per GPU, seeing how the GTX 690 is a dual GPU and it actually seems to be a GTX 670/80, half and half from what I can tell in my opinion it seems. I believe GTX 590 was two GTX 570 stuck together but pushed a bit further but not a GTX 580 level.

 

[lt_dan_zsu]

That's what I said. It is 2 256 bit card smashed together, it would be more honest to say that it is 2x256. The 690 is two 680's, but performs more like 2 670's.